5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WIZES

WIZES is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How WIZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WIZES as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,228 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position WI_ES W in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE SAULT CAIRN ALTER SLART
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WIZES performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIZES ranks #13,228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
648
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
381
226
208
174
146
90
88
63
39
38
33
29
29
23
22
21
21
19
18
14
11
10
10
9
9
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIZES:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

22.1% →
CAROL 5.85 bits
16.2% →
LEARE 5.48 bits
9.6% →
SAULT 5.29 bits
8.8% →
CAIRN 5.35 bits
7.4% →
ALTER 4.43 bits
6.2% →
SLART 4.93 bits
3.8% →
SALTY 3.75 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.39 bits
2.7% →
STINK 4.50 bits
1.7% →
STEER 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for WIZES; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

W4I1Z10E1S1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.